John and Carole E Barrowman - Hollow Earth
Fiction 9+
336 pages
Lots of twins have a special connection, but twelve-year-old Matt and Emily Calder can do way more than finish each other’s sentences. Together, they are able to bring art to life and enter paintings at will. Their extraordinary abilities are highly sought after, particularly by a secret group who want to access the terrors called Hollow Earth.
All the demons, devils, and evil creatures ever imagined are trapped for eternity in the world of Hollow Earth—trapped unless special powers release them. The twins flee from London to a remote island off the west coast of Scotland in hopes of escaping their pursuers and gaining the protection of their grandfather, who has powers of his own. But the villains will stop at nothing to find Hollow Earth and harness the powers within.
Guy Bass - Skeleton Keys: The Haunting of Luna Moon
Fiction 7+
256 pages
Luna is the only one to mourn her grandfather's death - the rest of her family couldn't be happier to see the back of the old miser. Then her family start to disappear. Luna's sure it's her grandfather haunting them from beyond the grave but Skeleton Keys is convinced it's the work of a mysterious unimaginary.
Nina Bawden - Carrie’s War
Fiction 9+
173 pages
Evacuated from London to Wales during the Second World War, Carrie and her brother are sent to live with the very strict Mr Evans. But in trying to heal the breach between Mr Evans and his sister, Carrie does the worst thing she ever did in her life.
Jasbinder Bilan - Tamarind and the Star of Ishta
Fiction 9+
224 pages
Tamarind never knew her Indian mum, Chinty, who died soon after she was born. So when she arrives at her ancestral home, a huge mansion in the Himalayas surrounded by luxuriant gardens, she's full of questions for her extended family.
But instead of answers, she finds an ominous silence - and a trickle of intriguing clues: an abandoned hut, a friendly monkey, a glowing star ring, and a strange girl in the garden who calls herself Ishta. Slowly, Tamarind unravels a mystery at the heart of who she is.